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SynthBoard

For Creators

You're running a media company.
You should debate decisions like one.

Solo creators wear every hat — CFO, CMO, head of product, sometimes janitor. SynthBoard convenes the executive team you don't have for the calls that matter: monetization, brand pivots, sponsorship offers, course pricing.

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In short

Yes — The Marketer and The CFO know creator-economy economics: CPM ranges, course pricing benchmarks, churn for paid subscriptions, sponsorship pricing by audience size. The Customer reads the audience-trust dynamics specific to creator-led businesses.

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An example

One ask, start to finish.
What comes back is a memo.

How a board takes a call like this: her read, who sits, what they ask first, then the call — with how sure they are, who disagreed and the first step.

Creators

Example · Board of 3

A brand is offering $25K for one sponsored post. My audience hates sponsored content. Take it?

Chief of staff

This one needs a board: The Marketer, The CFO and The Customer. The Marketer builds the narrative that turns a feature into a category move. Each researches alone first, then they react to one another — and on a decision, two of them take opposed sides.

  • The MarketerBrand Builder
  • The CFOFinancial Controller
  • The CustomerUser Voice

Asked first

Where do most of your customers find you today?

Word of mouthSearchPaid ads

The board’s call

Decline THIS sponsored post but propose a deeper integration at $50K. The Marketer flags that one-off sponsored posts erode audience trust without enough upside; an integrated 3-month partnership preserves trust AND maximizes brand-spend.

One-off sponsored posts in trust-heavy audiences have negative compound effects. A 3-month integrated partnership at $50K is a better trade than $25K for one post.

Confidence55 · Moderate

The Customer disagreed

“If you decline and propose larger and they walk, you may regret it”

First step Test what The Customer flagged before you commit.this week

Board of 3 · up to 135 credits on the card · an example, not a recorded run

Other asks people bring here

Several asks in one message become several rooms, each with its expert and its own price on the card. Keep or drop any, then convene them together.

  • My newsletter has 50K subscribers — launch a $50/mo subscription or a $500 course? — The CFO, up to 85 credits
  • I want to broaden from "indie hacker" to "founder media" — will my audience follow? — The Customer, up to 85 credits
  • Should I sell merch or focus on digital products? — The Skeptic, up to 85 credits

What you get

What she handles.
On this kind of call.

Monetization decisions

Ads, sponsorships, courses, subscriptions, products — a board argues the full stack and surfaces the trade-offs for your specific audience.

Sponsorship deal analysis

Before you sign the brand deal, run it past a board. The Skeptic surfaces the audience-trust risk; ask for The Lawyer to read the contract terms.

Brand pivot stress-test

"Should I broaden my niche or go deeper?" "Should I rebrand from personal to studio?" A board argues the calls that compound for years.

Why SynthBoard

Why SynthBoard for this.
Not one voice. A board.

Free to start

150 credits every month + 250 to start. A consult's card reads up to 85 credits; a board's card on the Free plan reads up to 135 credits. A board never bills above its card.

The exec team you don't have

You can't afford a CFO, CMO, and Head of Strategy. The Boardroom gives you their perspectives on demand.

Audience-trust lens

The Customer speaks for your audience on the board — the lens that gets lost when you're weighing the deal.

Your data, your business

Your rooms are private to your account and not used to train models. Your brand strategy stays yours.

Who sits

The experts for this call.
Each one holds a position.

Your Chief of Staff proposes who sits for the call, and every board is built with someone whose job is to argue against the obvious answer. Name an expert and they take a seat; tell her who you want on your board and they sit by default. How many seats a board has depends on your plan.

Pick an expert

Hover, tap or tab throughSwipe, then tap one
  • GPT
  • Claude
  • Gemini
  • Grok

Seats are spread across model families: GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok and more.

Questions

Fair questions.
Straight answers.

What people ask before they bring this call to a board.

Will it understand creator economy specifics (subscriptions, courses, sponsorships)?

Yes — The Marketer and The CFO know creator-economy economics: CPM ranges, course pricing benchmarks, churn for paid subscriptions, sponsorship pricing by audience size. The Customer reads the audience-trust dynamics specific to creator-led businesses.

How is this different from asking my Discord / Slack community?

Your community is selection-biased — the people in your Discord love you. On a board, The Skeptic and The Customer model the person who doesn't love you yet, or who'd unfollow if you got it wrong. The dissent is the value.

Should I share a memo with my audience?

Up to you. A board’s memo shares as a page anyone can read without an account. Sharing it is a transparency play; keeping it private makes it internal prep.

What if my decision is small (e.g., picking a thumbnail)?

For tactical creative calls, a board is overkill; just ask your Chief of Staff, which is free within a daily allowance. For decisions that compound over months or years (monetization, brand, audience strategy), a board is worth it.

Can I share a memo with my manager or agent?

Yes. A board’s memo shares as a page anyone can read without an account. Forward it to anchor the negotiation in the argument, not a hunch.

Keep exploring

Nearby decisions, audiences and methods inside SynthBoard.

SynthBoard (synthboard.ai) is one place for your business, your life, and every hard call. Your Chief of Staff keeps what you tell her on file, and 24 named experts on different AI models take the calls — one expert for a consult, a board with opposed seats for the hard ones — and hand back a memo with the call, the dissent and the first move. How it works.

Built for the way you actually make decisions.
Start free, with one message.

Should I sell merch or focus on digital products?My newsletter has 50K subscribers — launch a $50/mo subscription or a $500 course?I want to broaden from "indie hacker" to "founder media" — will my audience follow?

It waits in her box after you sign up. Nothing is sent until you press send. Free to start — 150 credits every month + 250 to start. No card required, and nothing runs until you tap.